Citation and commencement

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 and come into force on 20th February 2009.

Amendments to the Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 2005

2.

The Feeding Stuffs (Scotland) Regulations 20053 are amended in accordance with regulations 3 and 4.

3.

In Schedule 5–

(a)

in Chapter A, in the entries relating to fluorine–

(i)

after the last entry in Column 2 insert–

  • “complete feeding stuffs for fish”; and

(ii)

after the last entry in Column 3 insert–

  • “350”;

(b)

in Chapter C–

(i)

omit the entries relating to Apricots, Bitter almond and Camelina; and

(ii)

for the entries relating to Weed seeds etc. substitute–

“Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Undesirable substances

Products intended for animal feed

Maximum content in mg/kg (ppm) of feeding stuffs referred to a moisture content of 12%

Weed seeds and unground and uncrushed fruits containing alkaloids, glucosides or other toxic substances, separately or in combination including:

All feeding stuffs

3000

Datura stramonium L.

1000”; and

(c)

in Chapter D, in column 1 of the entry relating to DDT, for the expression in parenthesis substitute “(sum of DDT-, DDD- (or TDE-) and DDE-isomers, expressed as DDT)”.

4.

In Schedule 7, for the first row in the table in Chapter A (relating to support of renal function in case of chronic renal insufficiency) substitute the entries set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

RICHARD LOCHHEAD
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh